Sam Lowes says he expects to be in a podium battle with two different Ducati riders on the Aragon WorldSBK, though he admits the top-two riders “have one thing additional”.
Lowes was third-fastest in FP2 at MotorLand, a monitor he’s been victorious at in Moto2 previously, however the place he has solely raced as soon as in World Superbike because of a crash in Race 1 in final 12 months’s version of the Aragon Spherical.
The dominance of Toprak Razgatlioglu and Nicolo Bulega – who have been within the top-two as soon as once more on Friday at Aragon – in 2025 has usually pressured the remainder to accept a battle for third place.
Lowes thinks that would be the case once more this weekend, and he expects to be in that podium battle together with two different Ducati riders, particularly Danilo Petrucci and Alvaro Bautista, the latter racing on the circuit the place he final received in WorldSBK.
“At present was optimistic, I’m lacking slightly bit within the final sector in comparison with Bulega,” Sam Lowes informed WorldSBK.com.
“They’ve one thing additional in that ultimate sector of monitor.
“He and Toprak [Razgatlioglu] are slightly bit stronger, however not so far-off from us.
“I feel we will battle for the rostrum.
“Alvaro [Bautista] might be sturdy within the final sector and good on the tyres, so this would be the battle: me, Petrucci and Alvaro.
“Possibly within the race we’ll have a bit extra, however I’m proud of day one.”
A podium for Lowes in Aragon could be his first since Balaton. The Marc VDS rider was in podium competition in Race 1 and the Superpole Race on the earlier spherical in France, however crashed on each events.
